Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has announced trading volumes for January 2019. Apart from FastMatch ADV monthly rise, a drop in the total volumes can be seen in the first month of the year. Just a few days ago, after revealing its determination to acquire Oslo Børs VPS, the exchange announced the successful migration of the…
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“Gong hei fat choy” or “Gong xi fa tsai”, if you prefer Mandarin to Cantonese, are the preferred ways to wish “Happy New Year” for most of the Chinese population on the planet. While these words actually wish for prosperity in the year to come, this period of the year is usually accompanied by a…
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Paris in the middle of winter can be brutal, but one year ago, attendees at the Paris Fintech Forum were hot with crypto fever. When one of Europe’s biggest annual gatherings of its kind convened this year in the City of Light, over 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, bankers, and regulators braved the cold once again, but…
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Desperate people are known to do desperate things, but is that maxim also true for countries? Venezuela, a failing socialist state, has two competing presidents at the moment and an inflation rate of 1.7 million percent. Yes, that is correct. It is not a typo. Due to inflation and a host of other reasons, the…
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Ripple is going far and beyond when it comes to embracing new partners and new knowledge-sharing techniques. One of the best examples of that is the Ripple Blockchain Research Program that commits $50 million for university blockchain research. The major aim of the program is to increase research related to the technology of blockchain and…
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The CEO OF Binance, Mr. Changpeng Zhao, recently held a Q&A sessions and shared some potential projects Binance might soon be working on. His said that his has the desire to form a partnership with Ripple and utilize xRapid. The more interesting news is that Zhao expressed a desire to add XRP pairs on the…
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On the 6th of February, 2019, Opera announced that Opera users will not be able to buy cryptocurrencies directly from the website browser. The browser is the new Web 3, Opera for Android one that enables Android users to purchase cryptos. The new solution is made available to people in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The…
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Crimes related to cryptocurrency mining never stop. Cryptocurrency mining has allowed plenty of criminals to "showcase" their "power" all over the world. The latest arrest, however, comes from Germany. In the city of Klingenthal, Saxony, a group of suspects was arrested by the police, as reported by Cointelegraph auf Deutsch. The suspects have reportedly operated a cryptocurrency…
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Private equity is one of the hottest industries to the fundraising world. Deals are usually complicated, "dry powder" is everywhere, yet there are few worthy investments to be made, considering the amount of cash sitting "on the table". Now, an a16z-backed company called Harbor is trying to revolutionise the private equity world by allowing more…
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The blockchain space is exploding with full force. Now, besides financial institutions, fintech and technology companies are racing to introduce new blockchain and crypto-related products to offer to their clients. It really seems that the more blockchain-oriented a company becomes, the better it serves the growing tech needs of its customers. No exception to the…
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